- disappointing
- adjective
Date: 1530
failing to meet expectations <a disappointing meal> • disappointingly adverb
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
disappointing
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disappointing — a. defeating one s expectations or hopes; failing to fulfill one s expectations or hopes; as, a disappointing result; a disappointing crop yield. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
disappointing — n. the act of disappointing someone. Syn: disappointment, dashing hopes. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
disappointing — index deficient, inadequate, nonsubstantial (not sufficient), unsatisfactory Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
disappointing — adj. 1) disappointing to + inf. (it is disappointing to analyze the results) 2) disappointing that + inf. (it s disappointing that so few showed up) * * * [ˌdɪsə pɔɪntɪŋ] disappointing to + inf. (it is disappointing to analyze the results)… … Combinatory dictionary
disappointing — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove, seem ▪ find sth ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc … Collocations dictionary
disappointing — [[t]dɪ̱səpɔ͟ɪntɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is disappointing is not as good or as large as you hoped it would be. The wine was excellent, but the meat was overdone and the vegetables disappointing... The recession is largely blamed for the… … English dictionary
disappointing — disappointingly, adv. /dis euh poyn ting/, adj. failing to fulfill one s hopes or expectations: a disappointing movie; a disappointing marriage. [1520 30; DISAPPOINT + ING2] * * * … Universalium
disappointing — dis|ap|point|ing [ˌdısəˈpɔıntıŋ] adj not as good as you hoped or expected ▪ disappointing profit figures ▪ The Lakers loss in the playoffs was very disappointing. >disappointingly adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
disappointing — adjective not as good as you hoped or expected: disappointing profit figures | Well, Bill was really negative about it, which was pretty disappointing. disappointingly adverb … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Disappointing — Disappoint Dis ap*point , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disapointed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disappointing}.] [OF. desapointier, F. d[ e]sappointer; pref. des (L. dis ) + apointier, F. appointier, to appoint. See {Appoint}.] 1. To defeat of expectation or hope; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
